Do you have a Master’s degree and are looking for fully funded PhD opportunities? AMOLF, Amsterdam, Netherlands is now accepting applications for several funded PhD programs across a range of research areas.
1. Fully Funded PhD in The stochastic thermodynamics of nanomechanical computers
Summary of Funded PhD Program
The energy consumption of computers is a significant scientific and societal problem: Information technology is already responsible for more CO2 emissions than the airline industry. At the fundamental level, the energy cost of a computation is dictated by the laws of thermodynamics: computations must evolve in time in a pre-defined direction – we want our codes to run from the beginning to the end and not in reverse! However, in equilibrium, processes are equally likely to run forward than backward. Establishing an arrow of time (a preferential direction of evolution) requires consuming free energy. The problem of quantifying the energy cost of computers is the domain of stochastic thermodynamics, a sub-field of statistical physics focused on small systems far from equilibrium – as computations are inherently out-of-equilibrium and involve few degrees of freedom (bits).
Application Deadline: Open until filled
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2. Fully Funded PhD in Stable Perovskite Solar Cells by Controlling Ion Migration
Summary of Funded PhD Program
Since their invention, nearly all solar cells have utilized silicon as the active semiconductor. Recently, perovskite semiconductors have emerged as a new material that can be deposited from an ink, enabling the printing of highly efficient solar cells on foil. Perovskite solar cells offer the potential for faster scaling, reduced costs, and easier integration compared to silicon solar cells. Additionally, they can enhance the efficiency of silicon solar cells when used in tandem configurations. However, their limited stability currently remains the primary barrier to large-scale commercialization.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
3. Fully Funded PhD in Eco-design of thin Si PV
Summary of Funded PhD Program
This project focuses on developing novel optically and electrically active layers that enable to further reduce the environmental impact of SHTJ cells without sacrificing power production. You will design and fabricate light trapping textures on thin solar cells, building on our expertise on nature-inspired rationally designed dielectric textures with correlated disorder. You will then investigate the introduction of metallic nanoscale networks based on sustainable metal alternatives (e.g. Cu), that work as transparent electrodes. You will learn cleanroom and electrochemical deposition methods to fabricate nanopatterned metal and metal oxide networks.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
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4. Fully Funded PhD in Physical learning machines
Summary of Funded PhD Program
The aim of one project is to develop and analyze new methods by which diverse dynamical systems are able to learn. Our goal is to connect these ideas to real-life biological learning systems, such as slime molds (e.g. Physarum Polycephalum, living fluidic networks) as well as systems in our own bodies (immune and vascular systems). Such systems exist in complex changing environments and must adapt (learn) to survive. We would like to know how the simple learning rules implemented by such systems gives rise to diverse and intricate behaviors in nature. Can we mimic this behavior to create novel synthetic materials?
Application Deadline: Open until filled
5. Fully Funded PhD in Single-molecule biophysics of the ubiquitin motor Cdc48/p97
Summary of Funded PhD Program
Ubiquitin is central to a broadly important regulatory system within cells, which controls anything from protein degradation to membrane remodeling and DNA replication regulation. Cdc48 performs these tasks by disassembling protein complexes, extracting proteins from membranes, unfolding misfolded proteins, and by delivering proteins to the proteasome. Cdc48 must select target proteins marked with specific polyubiquitin chains, which can exhibit highly diverse ubiquitin linkages, topologies, and biochemical modifications. Despite the key role of Cdc48 and polyubiquitin structural changes in this process, polyubiquitin handling by Cdc48 has not been studied directly.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
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6. Fully Funded PhD in The real-time dynamics of single ribosomes
Summary of Funded PhD Program
In this project, you will perform innovative (bio)physics experiments to elucidate the activity of individual ribosomes. The key methodologies are optical tweezers and single-molecule fluorescence. Working in the Tans biophysics lab @ AMOLF Amsterdam, you will visualize the real-time translation activity of ribosomes, how multiple ribosomes work together, detect the folding of individual polypeptide chains, and show how chaperones guide this process. You will work in an international team, with other groups that are specialized in RNA sequencing and cryo-EM techniques. The aim is to elucidate the fundamental mechanisms that underlie the correct and erroneous production of new proteins.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
7. Fully Funded PhD in Optimizing light management in perovskite tandem solar cells
Summary of Funded PhD Program
In this project you will contribute to realization of solar cells with a photovoltaic power conversion efficiency that can ultimately exceed 40%. It is focused on tandem solar cells, which are composed of two semiconductors that are stacked on top of each other, in which the top cell catches the blue/green part of the solar spectrum and the bottom cell the red/infrared part. We make use of an exciting new class of semiconductors, halide perovskites, that can be deposited as ultrathin films. In this way a high-efficiency perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell can be made.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
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